With the coronavirus stats going in the right direction, all of us at C&G Newspapers look forward to resuming publication of the St. Clair Shores Sentinel and Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle on May 27th. All other C&G newspapers will begin publishing on June 10th (Advertiser-Times on June 24th). In the meantime, continue to find local news on our website and look for us on Facebook and Twitter.

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With the coronavirus stats going in the right direction, all of us at C&G Newspapers look forward to resuming publication of the St. Clair Shores Sentinel and Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle on May 27th. All other C&G newspapers will begin publishing on June 10th (Advertiser-Times on June 24th). In the meantime, continue to find local news on our website and look for us on Facebook and Twitter.

Terry Oparka

C&G Staff Reporter – Troy Times

Staff Writer Terry Oparka covers Troy and the Troy School District for the Troy Times. Oparka has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2000 and attended Oakland University and Macomb Community College. Oparka has won an award from the Michigan Press Association and four awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Detroit Chapter.

Troy residents have likely driven past 3215 W. Big Beaver, aka the Kresge Foundation or the old Brooks farm, located west of Coolidge, more times than they can count.

Those who wanted to stroll through the constructed wetlands that manage storm water on-site or see the native prairie gardens that draw egrets, blue herons, hawks, muskrats and red fox had to make an appointment.

The two-acre site will be a featured stop this year on “A Tapestry of Gardens,” the Troy Garden Club’s 37th annual garden walk.

Beer and wine, possibly liquor, will be served at the city-owned Sanctuary Lake Golf Course during regular play in coming days.

The Troy City Council unanimously approved the transfer of a Class C liquor license from Kosch Special Events to Sanctuary Lake Golf Management, under the direction of Billy Casper Golf, during a special meeting June 27.

A Troy woman thwarted thieves who used her backyard to stash the loot they were stealing from a church behind her home June 28.

According to police, the resident, who lives on Colleen, south of Square Lake, near Dequindre, said she heard car doors closing at 3 a.m. and saw an early 2000 model red Pontiac parked at the end of her driveway.

Although details of the contract, which TPOA members approved June 27, weren’t available at press time, Troy Police Chief Gary Mayer had said he was confident that 10 percent concessions could be achieved. The council is expected to consider the contract at its July 11 regular meeting.

Troy residents will receive an informational brochure regarding the upcoming Aug. 2 ballot question on a five-year, 0.7-mill dedicated library tax after a divided council authorized it at a June 20 meeting.

The council passed the measure 4-2. Councilmen Martin Howrylak and Wade Fleming opposed it, and Councilwoman Robin Beltramini was absent.

Mayor Louise Schilling brought before the council the request for a content-neutral flier to be mailed to residents.

Schilling said the city has sent out a content-neutral flier for every city election.

Although details of the contract, which TPOA members approved June 27, weren’t available at press time, Troy Police Chief Gary Mayer had said he was confident that 10 percent concessions could be achieved. The council is expected to consider the contract at its July 11 regular meeting.

Troy police investigators seized a cache of guns at a home on Rochester Road when officers were called there on another matter June 3.

Police obtained a warrant and found a loaded assault rifle leaning against a wall in a bedroom, a .22-caliber pistol under a mattress and a .44-Magnum that was reported stolen in a home invasion in Oakland Township in 2010.

Nobody was hurt when a Troy man returned to his home at 4 a.m. June 7, discovered a man in bed with his wife, then fired a .45-caliber handgun.

According to reports, a 30-year-old Troy woman and mother of five children ages 1 through 14 went for a bike ride at 4 a.m., leaving the children alone in the home, the location of which police did not identify, and met a 30-year-old man walking on the street. She invited him into the home for sex and he agreed, and they fell asleep together in the bed afterwards, according to police.

Troy City Clerk Tonni Bartholomew has accepted an early retirement incentive offered to Troy city employees as a way to cut costs. Last week, she retired from her position as city clerk that she held for the past 11 years and accepted a 32-hour position as city clerk for the city of Oak Park.

Troy Mayor Louise Schilling has said that while the early retirement incentives would cut costs, she noted that top people would be eligible.

When the Nieri family first opened Tony’s Pizzeria & Restaurant on Dequindre in 1961, the cost of a small pizza was just under $2; a plate of spaghetti with chicken liver cost a little bit more; and oysters were a hot seller.

Customers could watch the “pizza guy” flip the dough into the air in the kitchen from their tables.

Troy Family Daze, modeled after the Troy Daze Festival that the city of Troy sponsored for a number of years, will be held this year under the direction of a nonprofit foundation on the grounds of a local church.

Tom Kaszubski, executive director of the North Woodward Community Foundation, said the four-day festival will be slightly smaller than the festivals the city sponsored in the past, and it won’t include a parade. The foundation is funding the event, and any net profit will go back to the community through grants and community projects, he said.

Upcoming Events

The events in our calendar were submitted prior to the coronavirus crisis.
As efforts have increased to contain the spread of the coronavirus, many events have been canceled.
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On March 13, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order to cancel all events statewide that involve more than 250 people. It is recommended that you call ahead if you still intend to attend one of these events.